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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1902)
T II E 0 O U tt I E R it island involves an almost impossible blockade surveillance. Hut this Isola tion in thf midst of society is practi cable ami it lias the Rival educative advantage just referred to. It is hot ter than killing because a dead man is hopeless from an educational stand point. The helievers ill hanging and nothing else as a cure for anarchism say that once an anarchist always an anarchist. Well, once dead always dead, and an anarchist will earn his diploma sooner than the dead man. Association There is nothing especially lyrical in All around the barberry hush, the barberry bush, the barberry bush." "Kittle Sally Waters sitliiiR in the sun. siRhiiiR. cryiiiR for a youiiR man." or in the sour about Prince William who was "ICiiiR .James's son?" and a very line fellow in the centre of a riii of little girls. Vet all those play-sonRS have about them the flavor of child hood. It is not likely that Professor TriRRS of Chicago univeisity approves of them. Never mind. The Rav little liRures will spriiiR around on the lawn siliRinR them next summer. lilliiiR tic air with a melody and meauiiiR that is more IntoxicatiiiR than Schubert's serenade. Professor Triggs is wasting his time, or rather a man cnpible of making his moments amount to some tlihiR Mould be wastiiiR his time if lie devoted it to attacks upon old soiir- and hymns. The curious effe t that repetition has upon the mind and af fections is an obstacle to Profess, ir Triggs' teachings. This man is a teacher in the univer sity of hicaRo. He teaches that Longfellow. Tennyson and seveial other poets who have helped to form the poetic associations of this gnera tion are not real poets, th:'' the hymns we siiiR are trivial anil grotesque, an 1 that In general we wasted time an,! study until he came to assort our lit erature and lyrics for us. The rIow in the eyes and the ringiii"; unction of the coiiRreRation sIiirIiir the hymns that he so Impertinently condemns are evidences of misplaced affection. The old man and woman who siiiR "Nearer, my Ood. to Thee." see the old meetiiiR house where they first learned to siiiR the hymn. No new lyric, however cor rect the versification and sensible the words, would mean all their lives to the congregation. The silly little play soiirs bring back our childhood. They frequently have an abnormal number of feet and to one who has not played them as a child they mean nothiiiR nt all. and need explanatory notes. Re cently a theatrical company danced and suiiR one of these old play-songs and the audience smiled with a single impulse. The Professor is an analyti cal, critical aesthete; hut a very large number of people could Ret alonR with out him and would welcome news of his appointment to teach poetry to the Zulus. They are just beRinuiliR belle lettres and have not yet formed at tachments for hymns their mothers used to sing. P CLUB NOTES THE WEEK'S REVIEW The Denver Woman's dub is soon to have a tine new home of it's own to cost twenty thousand dollars. "ic C 're The home department of the Wom an's club met Wednesday morning. Mrs. M. I). Welch Rave an instructive talk on Nutrition. iv- Tlie art department of the Woman's club met Wednesday afternoon to hear Professor P.arbour talk on wood caiv inR and pyrography. - "- "- The Fortnightly met Tuesday after noon with .Mrs. I.. Richards. Mrs. K. I!. Andrews talked on "The Territo rial Crow th of the I'nited States." " - .' - - The regular meeting of the W. It. P ('. club was held last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mates. Mrs. Yates was the leader in the history lesson Mrs. Kargcs read a paper on ' The Voyage of the Mayflower " Mrs Kemptou read "The Courtship ol Miles Stanilish." Kight little girls ftom tin Prescott school entertained the I. idles with sours. Refreshments wr served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs 1 fencing. .. .' .. - t- - Mrs. M. II. Kveiett left last eeiiing for Chicago enroute to WashiiiRtou to attend the annual meeting of t n Daughters of the American Revolution At ChicaRo Mr.-. Kveiett will join the Illinois delegation which will tiavl in two special cars. The convention will open the seventeenth and close the twenty-second of this month. Mrs Kveiett is regent of the Lincoln chapter. ".- - .- Daughters of the American Revolu tion. Deborah Avery chapter, held their regular monthly meeting on Fri day. February seventh at the home of Mrs. J. I.. Kellogg. Mrs. Louie M. Al len Rave an interesting paper on the "Scotch-Irish of America." After tile program, an hour of sociability was enjoyed, in which the members found time to make arrangements for an entertainment to be given in the near future. The next monthly meeting will be held with Mrs. R. T. Van P.runt J 72.". K street. - '- The City improvement society met Thursday moruiiiR at the I'nion-Com-mercial club. A report of the carnival recently Riven showed the net proceeds to have been I(m. A vote or thanks was given to all of the ladies who in any way assisted, to the merchants who generously loaned articles to be used at the carnival, and to those who contributed. The uncleanly state of the sidewalks and the steps leading to public buildings was further discussed. S-3fr,V --V t!K : . ijT'&ASi! The Dr.Bailey Sanatorium. Tlioniuglily ciiiiiied ami beautifully furnished- every elcctru current useful in treat meiit of sick- ideal Turkish. Kussiau, and Medicated Baths only noncontagious chronic diseases reccivetl. This institution is ut hottl, nut u hospital, but a huuie. 'file Sellet.ll W.IS instituted to s e the 1 ustodi.iu of the postoffn e and to iniUile if the steps and lobby of that buildiuR can not be kept in a more cleanly and sanitary condition. A complaint came to the society fiom business men who have been coutcni platillR erection of electric siRIIS over sidewalks, that unless some action was soon taken about signs already ere. ted and to which objection ha.- been made, that others would be ptlt up. The mat ter was referred to the sidewalk com mittee. A plan to have the half block cast of the Rice pumping station i I eared for .1 park was d si ussed MRS D M P.CTLKR. President of tlie M itlnee Mu-b.ile. The Matinee Musii.il members lis tened Monday afternoon to one of the most Interesting and pleasing programs ever given before the club. It was the one hundredth afternoon concert and was given by the first divisions. Miss Smith and Mrs. A. S. Raymond, leaders. A conversazione conducted by Mrs. K. II. Harbour was illustrated by musical numbers by members of the division assisted by Mr. K. II. Walt and Mr. W. W Abbott. Mrs. Harbour gave a preliminary talk on myths and leg-nils, and inteispersed the musical numbers with the storiex of the various legends, most delightful ly told. The program: l.olelei paraphrase, op 17. Jo.-ef Xes vadba: violin. Mr. K. II. Walt, cello. Miss Lillian Kiche. piano. Mr. W. W. Abbott. Prayer, fiom "The Coldeo Legend.' Dudley Ruck. .Mrs. C. K. Sanderson. Mrs. Roweis accompanist. "Kile." Schumann: "Pan. Pastarah." Coda id. "Water Sprite." Chaminade. "The Witches." Templeton Strong. Miss Maybelle HaRenow. Die Lorelei. Liszt. Miss Kleauor Ray mond. "Death of Isolde." Wagner- Lis.l. Miss Marie L. Powers. "Nymphs ami Fawns." RembeiR. Mrs. Mark Woods: violin oldi.ito Mrs. Ross Curtice. "The Naiad." Rubeiistein. first divi sion chorus, soloist. Miss Jessie lm siiiR. Miss Smith at the piano. The president announced a commit tee consisting of Mesdames K. Lew i Raker. A. W. Ja risen, and K. P. Rrown. whose duty it was to revise the constitution. The next regular after noon concert will be given March in. 'fhe last artist teeital of the year will be given befoie tltat date. - . . - t .- Mrs. Malaprop: "Tii.i fs young Mr Jenkins. He's engaged t" be married, you know." Mis. Cahhie Inde. d" Ami i-i that l lie young a .m with him now"' Yes thai s , ;, ,. ,, )t ,,j, j phi. i Press rc-c-xy rsuwwx. a S p - VMS in. Mil. BKWWNd . Druggist $ ui Bookseller f i ASM) OALMNO CAKDS. iJ 127 So. Kloventli Stnet. Phone (M PKIVATK AND PUBLIC Library books r.orsi) is a si'iktan IIAL MAXNKi: AT FAC toi:y PUICES ItY .... South Platte Publishing Co.. IMIT.K IIOX MAKKRS, i.t5 N. mil St . LINCOLN. NEH. KCKK'iUT I'M!) 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